Neressan Kobold language

The Neressan Kobold language is a mixed language (Neressan–Kobold) spoken by the Goblin population of the Empire of Neressa - it essentially has a Kobold base (grammar, phonology, pronouns, function words, some of the most commonly used verbs, adverbs, adjectives and basic nouns) with an extremely heavy Neressan influence/superstratum (majority of the vocabulary, save for some of the most extremely used basic words, and a few new phonemes to accomodate for these new Neressan words).

Just like the Charnek Kobold language, Neressan Kobold is characterized by a marked absence of Orcish loanwords, setting it apart from Brutang Kobold. As most speakers of the language are working-class folks who are illiterate or only semi-literate, Neressan Kobold is for the most part an oral language - but in the rare times it gets to be written, it is written with the Neressan alphabet.

Phonology
Being a mixed language, the Neressan Kobold language mixes elements of the Kobold phonology with elements of the Neressan phonology. Neressan phonemes are mapped to their closest equivalent Kobold ones, and introduced as new phonemes when no close equivalent exists - but even in that case, correct pronounciation is not guaranteed.

Consonants

 * The voiceless plosives are usually aspirated.
 * The consonants in red - - don't appear in words of native Kobold origins, but all speakers can pronounce them correctly.  maps directly to the Neressan.
 * The consonants in blue - - appear only in words of Neressan origins, but Neressan Kobold-speakers without fluency in Neressan Proper tend to mispronounce them.
 * The dental fricatives tend to be conflated with the corresponding plosives.
 * The alveolar affricates are usually conflated with their palatal equivalents
 * The voiced alveolar sibilant fricatives are usually devoiced.
 * The voiced uvular continuant  maps onto two Neressan phonemes:  and  (but only when word-initial or geminated). Any other instance of  is realized as an alveolar flap.
 * The velar nasals are not separate phonemes, but only allophones of  before  and  respectively.
 * The voiced labiodental fricative only appears as an allophone of  before voiced consonants. The Neressan labiodental approximant  is pronounced as a labiovelar  by Neressan Goblins.

Vowels
The Neressan Kobold language inherits the five basic vowels from the Kobold language, and augments it with two additional vowels  in Neressan words, resulting a 7-vowel system of, respectively realized as. may be mispronounced as or, especially if the speaker isn't fluent in Proper Neressan.

Neressan influence has led to the introduction of vowel-length distinction: in words of Neressan origins, vowel length is preserved. In words of Kobold origins, open-syllable vowels, as well as vowels followed by a single consonant (at least in monosyllabic words) are typically lengthtened. Alternatively, monolingual speakers who have no fluency in Proper Neressan may completely remove the vowel length distinction.

Grammar
The Neressan Kobold language has a grammar nearly completely identical to that of Brutang Kobold.

Vocabulary
The Neressan Kobold language is considered a mixed language primarily because the majority of its vocabulary comes from the Neressan language. Only a small minority of its vocabulary originates in the Kobold language, and that includes the pronouns, function words, and some of the most commonly used nouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives. As a result of this, Neressan speakers may easily be able to comprehend conceptual ideas expressed in Neressan Kobold, while not understanding a single word of a functional sentence which would be easily understood by any Kobold speaker.

In some cases, words of Kobold origin have found their way into Neressan proper - or at least, into the working-class slang.